Paul met with Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Mahmoud Abbas, and the king of Jordan during his trip, which BuzzFeed says is being interpreted as “a kind of olive branch to the more hawkish elements of his party.’’

Paul, who is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said, “While I want to be a strong ally with Israel, that doesn’t mean they can get a blank check either.”

The Kentucky lawmaker also criticized President Barack Obama’s reported private comment that “Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are, calling the remark “an arrogant and presumptuous point of view.’’

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Did the fake controlled Tea Party vote for the extension of the Patriot Act? Well there is your answer to how full of shit they are. Rand Paul wants you to believe that the U.S. has no missile defense systems? Washington D.C. is the most heavily protected area on Earth. On 9/11 this was compromised by Bombardier Master Trust the World’s number one electronic warfare specialist from Quebec, Canada. Study who was heading the operation and the connections to the U.S. air defense systems. Look into Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard of the Canadian Royal Air Force the once Deputy Commander for Continental NORAD Region.